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Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

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Related Studies These articles provide diverse perspectives on children’s roles in prehistoric art, integrating developmental psychology, cognitive science, and archaeology. Journal : Childhood in the Past , 2015. Journal : Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 2015. Journal : Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 2008.

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Ancient Craftsmanship: How Early North Americans Used Bone Needles to Survive Cold Climates

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The LaPrele Mammoth Site: A Window into Early North American Life Archaeological discoveries at the LaPrele mammoth site in Wyoming continue to shed light on the ingenuity and adaptability of Early North Americans, who lived in North America nearly 13,000 years ago. Source: Journal of Archaeological Science , 2019.

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Dog Domestication: A Tale of Alaskan Canids and Human Companionship

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The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. Hofreiter, M.,

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Bones of Contention: New Evidence of Cannibalism in Magdalenian Culture

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Cut Marks and Cracked Bones: The Case for Cannibalism Maszycka Cave is not new to the anthropological world. Archaeological evidence for cannibalism in prehistoric Western Europe ( Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory ). And what does this tell us about the social structure of Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers?

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Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology

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Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. Three challenges in teaching anthropology. Teaching Anthropology 1 (2), pp.

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Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan

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ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. I’m distinguishing archaeology from mythology. Many people buy it.

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Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage

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Archaeological excavations at Mandrin Cave revealed the remains of both Neanderthals and modern humans. We discovered his first teeth in 2015 lying on the ground at the cave’s entrance, barely covered by a few leaves. The entrance to Mandrin Cave, in the Rhône Valley in southern France, lies in a dense forest.